The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-01
A STRANGE STORY.
A New York Murderer's Heiress Dis
covered as a New Orleans Nurse.


From the Neiu Orleans Picdyune.
During the year 1874, and years prior to
that, a saloon in Algiers was owned by a
German named John Lorens, a widower,
who had one chli, girl. years of age in
1874. Lorens ha., net with i'll luck First
he had lost ls wife Frederick, whose maid
en- name wes 7oegele. and soon afterward
his little son, two years of age. Mrs. Lo-
rens died in 1881, and after that the care of
the children which devolved on Lorens
proved extremely irksome. Business did
not prosper with him as he desired, either,
and probably he concluded to leave the city.
His little girl he placed in the Protestant
Episcopal Home on Jackson street, and
then bade the city adieu forever.
The child's name was Elizabeth Catharine
Lorens, and for some time after her father
left the CITY she continued to receive letters
from him dated in various parts of the
world. At last letters postmarked in South
Africa were received, but in 1878 these also
ceased, and nothing more was heard of him
here.
The girl, who went by the pane of Eliza
beth or Lizzie, grew ,healthy, strong and
was obedient, tractabe and intelligent
Her life passed uneventfully until two years
ago, when lady called at her home to en-
gage nursemaid, and being impressed ia
determined to engage her services. The
girl was quite willing, nay anxious to go
with the lady, and the arrangements were
speedily consummated and Elizabeth Lo-
rens became nurse at Mr.. w. Blake's resi-
dence, No. 800 st. Charles avenue, between
Constantinople and Marengo.
Elizabeth obtained good home, and the
lady of the house was kind, considerate, and
by no means a taSkmaster. Elizabeth had
fXy ut m n or
day when she had occasion to go out; but
the lady of the house made it a rule, from
which she never deviated, that all her SER
wants should remain indoors after dark
Elizabeth was thus kept out of the reach of
harm, and being naturally of good dis
position, she became modest, unassumlng
girl, without care or trouble. She is now
about to enter her Goth year, her birthday
occurring ON Nov. 2 next. She is stout,
ruddy complexioned young lady, with brown
hair and deep-blue eyes
OF her fathers whereabouts Elizabeth
knew nothing, not having heard anything
of him for nine years. A few days ago
horrible murder and suicide was committed
in cigar store in New York city John
Lorens, the proprietor of the store, muir
dered one of his employees and then COM
United suicide. He left letter addressed
to the Coroner, in which lie said that he had
at one time kept the Fire-proof coffee house
in New Orleans, and had left there and gone
TO the diamond fields in South Africa. He
had been lucky and had accumulated con
siderable wealth, and had on deposit in the
Bank of England 42S, 300, OF about Sl4O,0W
in american money. This he had be
queathed to his daughter Elizabeth, who
was somewhere in the city of New Orleans.
This fact was published in the Hcapcte
yesterday morning and one Of the other SER
want girls in the house read of it and at
once jumped to the conclusion that the
heiresss and Elizabeth, her fellow-servant.
were one and the same. A comparison OF
dates and names confirmed the girls sus-
picions and she told Elizabeth what she
surnised. The girl took the startling news
quite philosophically and calmly related the
facts to Mr.. Blake. Further Investigation
developed the fact that the girl had been
Baptized in the st. Paul's Lutheran church
IN Burgundy street, formerly Craps street,
n the Third District, and that her fathers
name was John Lorens. The letters she had
received from him had unfortunately been
nislaid, but search is now being, made for
hem aud they will doubtless be found.
Last evening reporter of the Hcoyene